A "House" on the Lake

When Voyagers National Park was formed there were many cabins on the islands that suddenly were now in the park.  The cabin owners had federal leases and when their lease was up or they died they had to give up the cabins.  The owners would strip out and take everything they could and then the park would come in and burn the cabin and any other outbuildings.  Now you can't even tell there ever were cabins on most of the islands.  We found this one cabin on Namakan and saw maybe two others on the whole lake where there used to be many.  There used to be enough cabin owners on islands that there was actually a barge service that would go to the islands and deliver bulky items like big propane tanks or a load of lumber etc.  Now thats all gone.

You can still experience "cabin" life on an island by renting a houseboat.   There are houseboat sites on many of the islands where they can be beached on sand.  There is a fire ring so you can have a campfire on the beach.  A houseboat is nicer than camping on an island in a tent.   You have all the comforts of home - kitchen , bathroom with shower and real beds.   Some of them even have a hot tub on top and a slide off the back to slide down into the water.